of Socrates, Plato and Confucius

I was presented with a document during another class of UGC, and it pondered my mind to how people of the time of 400 BC studied and its progress till now. 400 BC, the 'boomz' time of philosophers. From the court of justice where Socrates argued against his charges of his corruption of youth to the cozy movable chairs and air-conditioned room that we study about his graceful teachings. There was a time, particularly the irritating nail scratching the blackboard time, when we thought that in the future, we would complete our work using computers. We wouldn't need to go to school. Well of course fast forward now and here we are, still going to school BUT, getting lecture notes online if we miss class. Wouldn't that then defeat the purpose of traveling one and a half hour, inclusive waiting time, to school? (that is the case for me lah, you all know I come from the hood under our Defence Minister). But Mr Choy, may argue otherwise.

I guess having a smart phone makes it easier now. As mentioned in my previous post, scrap the use of our 14 or 15 inch lappies. It may seem like we are texting in class, but truth is, we may actually access and complete our work using our phones. (Of course I use MAY, because we still do text here and there, oh come on, we're still human).

The digital classroom is one to wonder and ponder about. Back in the days we'd use to think every student would put their laptop in front of their desk. Been there done that. Now smart phones. Next, everyone with an iPad? Now that would be weird. Imagine everyone carrying some 3D screen everywhere. Well, we thought it'd be weird with lappy for everyone, but we passed that stage.

Oh Socrates, you could have gotten proof that you kept the craftsman quiet if you had an iPad. Proved that you were not an atheist. Or maybe we could have understood you better Confucius, when you wanted to tell people about virtue. Oh well, if they hadn't died with controversial teachings, we wouldn't have appreciated their teachings. Maybe, if we have stuff better than notebooks or smart phones in the future, would we appreciate the classic classroom and our present day bulky laptops.

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Exactly. With the empowered technology presented to us in this century, it is almost impossible to not be able to access the triple w. It was not long ago if we look back and remember carrying our bulky 14 or 15 inch notebooks around and hustling for seats at hot Wi-Fi spots such as McDonalds and Starbucks. Wi-Fi? Nah I'll pass. Hello 3G. Thanks to you, we surf the net, check our mails, complete our assignments or even do our business proposals through our iPhones and Blackberries! (most commonly seen)

B2B, B2C and C2C. Weird abbreviations for sure. But it makes business much much much easier. No bull. I went to KL, enjoyed 2 nights at the Hilton for SGD136! Thanks to a website I found online, I paid through my visa, and printed the successful transaction receipt, and all I did at Hilton was presented my receipt and in return they presented me my room key! The current trend when traveling? Book online for better deals, and without a shadow of a doubt, they do offer better deals. I recall intending to book flight tickets online that went for a total of SGD90 (tax and all included) and a few seconds later, the prices just went up to SGD100. Cliche cliche yes I know, but for real, instead of driving your car or taking the bus down to some travel agency in town, I just sat on my comfy and lazy PC chair and settled my planning online! That my friends, is B2C at its best.

Relating everything to the triple W, that is my personal experience. Of course I wouldn't want to list what I got for my girlfriend online :)